Category: Court News

KINGMAN – A Kingman man who admitted committing a sex offense involving a teenage family member was released from custody after entering a plea agreement Friday, June 14. Steven McDade, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual abuse.

KINGMAN – A Mesa woman who served nine months in prison for abandoning her mother’s dead body has been indicted for killing her. A Mohave County Grand Jury on June 13 indicted Gabrielle Axon, 52, for second degree murder for the death of Brenda Marshall, 71.
Axon is also charged with theft, theft of means of transportation, two counts of credit card fraud and for taking the identity of another.

KINGMAN – A Meadview man who spent more than ten months in custody awaiting trial gained freedom June 14 following acquittal by a Mohave County Superior Court jury.
Deputy County Attorney Amanda Claerhout had trouble convincing the jury and the judge that John Stettler, 42, used his homemade dune buggy to deliberate ram a quad operated by his on-again, off-again girlfriend late last July.

KINGMAN – A local judge served light on prison, but heavy on probation as he imposed punishment for a young adult who had sex with a Lake Havasu City teenager for more than a year-long period. Judge Billy Sipe sentenced Justice Garner, 21, on June 14 in Kingman. Garner in April pleaded guilty to two criminal counts reduced to attempted sexual conduct with a minor. Six other sexual conduct with a minor charges are dismissed in the plea agreement.

KINGMAN – Kingman police are investigating a hit and run pedestrian fatality. Deputy Chief Joel Freed said the body of a man was found in the roadway of the 900 block of Beale St. in downtown Kingman at about 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 14.
The name of the 68-year-old victim is initially withheld.
“Investigators determined that the male subject had been struck by a west bound vehicle and possibly ran over by an additional vehicle,” Freed said. “At this time the suspected hit and run vehicle is unknown.
Anyone with information about the incident or those involve are asked to contact the Kingman Police Department (928-753-2191) or Mohave Silent Witness (928-753-1234).

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City man who admits committing sex offenses involving two underage female family members will go to the Arizona Department of Corrections. A plea agreement for Raymond Medrano, 70, was entered before Judge Billy Sipe on June 13.